Talent Account Director Manager

Manager 1 - Talent Account Director, North India

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. 

We are looking for a Manager for our Account Director team based in North India. In this role, you will be responsible for building and managing a team of account directors who partner with existing customers to deliver success using our Talent and Learning solutions. In addition, the Manager will be responsible for developing and executing the sales strategy across market. You will also focus on retaining and growing LinkedIn’s valuable corporate relationships. 

Responsibilities: 

• Effective communication through 1:1s, performance reviews, coaching, and manager updates 
• Communicate goals and brings focus on the most important activities 
• Inspire customers to close business
• Manage headcount, forecast, lead meetings, align the team to organizational vision and values 
• Foster a positive and values-driven team culture that will motivate others 
• Create a shared vision for the function 
• Identify team challenges and lead training and education to improve rep effectiveness 
• Be the trusted partner and advisor to leadership and provide them with competitive and industry intelligence to inform product and business strategies 
• Be an effective coach to team members 
• Cross-Sell across the suite of LinkedIn talent solutions products 
• Connecting & developing relationships with CXO’s across LinkedIn’s Talent solutions customers. 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of sales experience 
• 4+ years of people leadership experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree 
• Sales and Sales Management experience preferably in a Technology / Human Capital / Consulting 
• Experience leading high performing sales teams 
• Ability to influence decision makers at all levels 
• Proven leadership skills, self-starter with hands-on approach 
• Capability in forming enduring relationships across the organization and geographies 
• Well-connected in their industry with the potential to also do so in the HR community 
• Integrity-driven, collaborative team player 
• Must be results driven and detail oriented with a growth mindset

Suggested Skills:

• Leadership Skills 
• Team Management  
• Relationship Building 

Additional Information

India Disability Policy 

LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. For more information on our equal opportunity policy, please visit https://legal.linkedin.com/content/dam/legal/Policy_India_EqualOppPWD_9-12-2023.pdf

Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates ​

Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.

Experience Level

Executive Level